Samsung Display is planning to build a new production line for notebook OLED at its A4 factory in Asan, TheElec has learned.The line will have a production capacity of 30,000 substrates per month and will produce mid-sized OLED panels in the 18 to 20-inch range aimed at notebooks.The plan is being c

OLED material maker P&H Tech is aiming to double its production capacity this year, the company CEO said on Thursday.CEO Hyun Seo Yong said the company was aiming for 19.3 billion won in sales and return to profitability in 2021. Last year, the company posted 8.5 billion won in sales and operating l

Samsung Display said on Thursday that it will develop new display form factors such as rollable and slidable to cement in leadership in 2021.Company senior vice president Choi Kwon-young also said at Samsung Electronics’ fourth quarter conference call that the firm will expand its leadership in the

Chemtronics said on Thursday that its subsidiary Wits will acquire Samsung Electro-Mechanics’ telecommunication module business for 105.5 billion won.TheElec was the first to report on the deal on December 8, 2020.Wits will buy a 100% stake in Samsung’s Thailand subsidiary, which produces wireless m

Trinamix has developed a 3D facial recognition imaging solution that can be embedded in organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays, the ocmpany said.The technology will allow smartphones to remove the notch and have a full-screen display.The solution can detect depth in an image and check for live

SK Nexilis on Tuesday said its board has decided to built its first copper foil factory abroad at Malaysia.The new factory will be built at Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park (KKIP) at Sabah state, the company said.SK Nexilis will invest 650 billion won to built the 44,000 metric tonnes per year factory.

South Korean start-up Vtouch is aiming to commercialize digital signage this year, company co-CEO Kim Seok-joong says.Vtouch is a developer of virtual touch technology. The technology uses the camera on displays to recognize the eyes and hand tips of users. The used the idea that the hand pointing a

Samsung Display said on Tuesday that it has supplied organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels that consumes 16% less power than predecessors for Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S21 Ultra smartphone.The display panel company said it has applied new organic material with improve luminous efficiency.The

Samsung Electronics is estimating that it will ship around 26 million units of its Galaxy S21 smartphone series this year, TheElec has learned.The figure is conservative as its Galaxy S20 series sold that much in 2020, which was considered underwhelming by the company.Samsung set the conservative fi

Automotive display shipment jumped 22% in 2020 from a year prior, market research firm Omdia said on Friday.The firm said it expects 351 million units of automotive display 9-inch or larger were shipped.Demand contracted in the first half of the year due to the pandemic but recovered in the second h

Employees of Toptec were found not guilty by a court on allegations that they have leaked technology of Samsung Display to China.The Suwon District Court found all 11 employees, including company CEO Bang In-bok, to be not guilty.They were indicted in 2018 by prosecutors for allegedly leaking techno

Samsung Display said on Thursday that it will begin manufacturing 90Hz notebook organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels in March.There will be three 90Hz OLED products. March is when new notebooks are expected to begin sales from various global customers.Previous notebook OLED supported up to 60H

Samsung Display on Tuesday has filed a second patent lawsuit against JOLED in the US, claiming the latter violated its patents.Intellectual Keystone Technology (IKT), a US subsidiary of Samsung Display, filed the suit to the US District Court for the Western District of Texas, against JOLED and Asus

Samsung Electro-Mechanics said on Wednesday that it was supplying a 0.65mm thin 3-terminal multi layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) to a global smartphone maker.The company is likely supply the capacitors for the Galaxy S21 series of smartphones launched by Samsung Electronics this month.The new MLCC is

LG Display has halted production of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels for iPhones, TheElec has learned.The factory that previously made the panels will be converted to making automobile display panels.LG Display halted iPhone LCD production at its AP3 line at Gumi in the third quarter. The line al

Chinese display panel giant will secure 20 billion yuan in funds to expand its Chongqing display line, known as B12, which produces OLED panels for smartphones, according to local media Yicai.The funds will also be used to secure additional shares of Wuhan BOE Optoelectronics __ its Gen 10.5 liquid

The shortage in display driver IC (DDI) was one of the factors for display panel makers to prefer producing larger panels.Due to the shortage, display panel makers chose monitor panels over TV panel and larger TV panels over smaller ones.TV and monitor panels are usually produced at the same generat

MiniLED TVs will be leading the premium TV market by 2025, market research firm UBI Research said Tuesday.China’s TCL lead the development of MiniLED TV but the market will be led by Samsung and LG, the firm said.MiniLED TV will overtake OLED TV in market share after 2024, UBI Research said.MiniLED

Only the Galaxy S21 Ultra showed higher specs than its predecessor Galaxy S21 in Samsung’s Unpacked event on Thursday.The specs of Galaxy S21 and S21 Plus was downgraded to compared to predecessors.The Galaxy S21 Ultra has a 6.8-inch screen with QHD+ (3,200x1,440) resolution. The display’s has a 515

Mcnex unveiled its in-cabin camera system at CES 2021.The system offers driver and occupant monitoring in side cars.This is increase safety for passengers, Mcnex said.Such system is applied more and more by automobile companies in preparation of the self-driving cars, the South Korean company said.M